“I leave the girls entirely to you.”
In a chilling 2002 email exchange uncovered in the latest Jeffrey Epstein files, a correspondent identified only as “A”—writing amid personal turmoil after retiring from the Royal Navy and mourning a longtime valet—delegates the selection of “friendly and discreet and fun” women for an upcoming Peru trip directly to Ghislaine Maxwell. The messages, tied to arrangements for “girls” and private meetings, align precisely with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s 2001 travels and life events, including his time at Balmoral where he previously inquired about “new inappropriate friends.” As victims’ long-suppressed stories gain fresh corroboration, these coded requests expose a deeper entanglement that denials have failed to erase, raising urgent questions about accountability at the highest levels.
What do these revelations mean for the disgraced former royal?
A chilling phrase buried in newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents—“As for girls well I leave that entirely to you”—has intensified scrutiny on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the disgraced former Prince Andrew. The 2002 email, part of a chain involving arrangements for a Peru trip, captures a correspondent identified only as “A” delegating the selection of female companions to Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker serving 20 years for her role in Epstein’s network.
The exchanges, included in a massive release of over 11,000 pages by the U.S. Department of Justice, build on earlier 2001 correspondence from Balmoral Castle. There, the same sender—using the alias “The Invisible Man”—asked Maxwell if she had “found me some new inappropriate friends” while sharing personal details: exhaustion from royal duties, grief over a longtime valet’s death, and adjustment to life after retiring from the Royal Navy. These specifics align precisely with Mountbatten-Windsor’s life events that year.
By early 2002, the tone turns logistical. Maxwell forwards messages to a Peruvian contact, Juan Esteban Ganoza, seeking “two-legged sightseeing” with “intelligent, pretty, fun” women “from good families.” She stresses discretion: “I know I can rely on you to show him a wonderful time and that you will only introduce him to friends that you can trust and rely on to be friendly and discreet and fun. He does not want to read about any trip in the papers whom or what he saw.” One email explicitly mentions giving “Andrew” a phone number.
Mountbatten-Windsor undertook an official visit to Peru in March 2002. Major outlets, including The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, and CNN, have concluded the correspondent is almost certainly him, citing the biographical matches, direct naming, and Epstein’s contacts listing “The Invisible Man” under “Duke of York.”
These revelations land amid long-standing allegations. The Balmoral email followed Virginia Giuffre’s claims of being trafficked to Mountbatten-Windsor at age 17—accusations he denies. In 2022, he settled her civil lawsuit out of court without admitting liability. The files also reference U.S. efforts to interview him as a potential witness or participant, though no charges resulted.
Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied wrongdoing, stating he never suspected or witnessed improper behavior in Epstein’s circle. His representatives have not commented on the latest disclosures.
For the former royal—already stripped of titles, military roles, and public duties—these emails represent a profound escalation. They portray a level of familiarity with Maxwell’s operations that undermines years of denials portraying his association as naive or distant. The coded language and explicit delegation of companion selection fuel perceptions of deeper entanglement, eroding any remaining public sympathy.
Politically and socially isolated, Mountbatten-Windsor faces renewed calls for accountability. Advocates for Epstein’s victims argue the documents corroborate patterns of exploitation involving powerful figures. While the emails do not prove criminal acts, they deepen the stain on his reputation, ensuring his exile from royal life remains permanent. As further files emerge, the fallout risks extending beyond him, testing the monarchy’s strategy of silence and distance in an era demanding transparency from the privileged.
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